The Benchmarking Methodology (bmwg) working group in the Operations and
Management Area of the IETF has been rechartered. For additional
information, please contact the Area Directors or the working group
Chairs.
Benchmarking Methodology (bmwg)
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Current Status: Active Working Group
Last Modified: 2008-07-21
Chairs:
Chair(s):
Al Morton <acmorton@att.com>
Operations and Management Area Director(s):
Dan Romascanu <dromasca@avaya.com>
Ronald Bonica <rbonica@juniper.net>
Operations and Management Area Advisor:
Ronald Bonica <rbonica@juniper.net>
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Description of Working Group:
The major goal of the Benchmarking Methodology Working Group is to make
a series of recommendations concerning the measurement of the
performance characteristics of various internetworking technologies;
further, these recommendations may focus on the systems or services that
are built from these technologies.
Each recommendation will describe the class of equipment, system, or
service being addressed; discuss the performance characteristics that
are pertinent to that class; clearly identify a set of metrics that aid
in the description of those characteristics; specify the methodologies
required to collect said metrics; and lastly, present the requirements
for the common, unambiguous reporting of benchmarking results.
To better distinguish the BMWG from other measurement initiatives in the
IETF, the scope of the BMWG is limited to technology characterization
using simulated stimuli in a laboratory environment. Said differently,
the BMWG does not attempt to produce benchmarks for live, operational
networks. Moreover, the benchmarks produced by this WG shall strive to
be vendor independent or otherwise have universal applicability to a
given technology class.
Because the demands of a particular technology may vary from deployment
to deployment, a specific non-goal of the Working Group is to define
acceptance criteria or performance requirements.
An ongoing task is to provide a forum for discussion regarding the
advancement of measurements designed to provide insight on the operation
inter-networking technologies.
In addition to its current work plan, the BMWG is explicitly tasked to
develop benchmarks and methodologies for the following technologies:
* MPLS Forwarding: Develop specific methods to characterize the
latency and forwarding performance of MPLS devices, extending the
fundamental recommendations of RFC 1242 and RFC 2544 to this networking
technology.
* SIP Networking Devices: Develop new terminology and methods to
characterize the key performance aspects of network devices using
SIP, including the signaling plane scale and service rates while
considering load conditions on both the signaling and media planes. This
work will be harmonized with related SIP performance metric definitions
prepared by the PMOL working group.
Goals and Milestones:
Done Expand the current Ethernet switch benchmarking methodology
draft to define the metrics and methodologies particular to
the general class of connectionless, LAN switches.
Done Edit the LAN switch draft to reflect the input from BMWG.
Issue a new version of document for comment. If appropriate,
ascertain consensus on whether to recommend the draft for
consideration as an RFC.
Done Take controversial components of multicast draft to mailing
list for discussion. Incorporate changes to draft and
reissue appropriately.
Done Submit workplan for initiating work on Benchmarking
Methodology for LAN Switching Devices.
Done Submit workplan for continuing work on the Terminology for
Cell/Call Benchmarking draft.
Done Submit initial draft of Benchmarking Methodology for LAN
Switches.
Done Submit Terminology for IP Multicast Benchmarking draft for
AD Review.
Done Submit Benchmarking Terminology for Firewall Performance for
AD review
Done Progress ATM benchmarking terminology draft to AD review.
Done Submit Benchmarking Methodology for LAN Switching Devices
draft for AD review.
Done Submit first draft of Firewall Benchmarking Methodology.
Done First Draft of Terminology for FIB related Router
Performance Benchmarking.
Done First Draft of Router Benchmarking Framework
Done Progress Frame Relay benchmarking terminology draft to AD
review.
Done Methodology for ATM Benchmarking for AD review.
Done Terminology for ATM ABR Benchmarking for AD review.
Done Terminology for FIB related Router Performance Benchmarking
to AD review.
Done Firewall Benchmarking Methodology to AD Review
Done First Draft of Methodology for FIB related Router
Performance Benchmarking.
Done First draft Net Traffic Control Benchmarking Methodology.
Done Methodology for IP Multicast Benchmarking to AD Review.
Done Resource Reservation Benchmarking Terminology to AD Review
Done First I-D on IPsec Device Benchmarking Terminology
Done EGP Convergence Benchmarking Terminology to AD Review
Done Resource Reservation Benchmarking Methodology to AD Review
Done Net Traffic Control Benchmarking Terminology to AD Review
Done IGP/Data-Plane Terminology I-D to AD Review
Done IGP/Data-Plane Methodology and Considerations I-Ds to AD
Review
Done Hash and Stuffing I-D to AD Review
Done IPv6 Benchmarking Methodology to AD Review
Sep 2008 IPsec Device Benchmarking Terminology to IESG Review
Sep 2008 IPsec Device Benchmarking Methodology to IESG Review
Dec 2008 Net Traffic Control Benchmarking Methodology to AD
Review.
Dec 2008 Router Accelerated Test Terminology to IESG Review
Dec 2008 Router Accelerated Test Methodology to IESG Review
Feb 2009 Terminology For Protection Benchmarking to AD Review
Feb 2009 Methodology For Protection Benchmarking to AD Review
Apr 2009 Methodology for MPLS Forwarding to AD Review
Jun 2009 Terminology for SIP Device Benchmarking to IESG Review
Jun 2009 Methodology for SIP Device Benchmarking to IESG Review
Dec 2009 Router Accelerated Test Method for EBGP to IESG Review
Dec 2009 Router Accelerated Test Method for Operational
Security to IESG Review
Jul 2010 Basic BGP Convergence Benchmarking Methodology to AD
Review.
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